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Press Release
Fresh evidence of casualties underscores need for impartial investigation into Turkish airstrikes in Kandil Mountains
Evidence collected by Amnesty International in a fact-finding mission indicates that multiple Turkish government airstrikes killed eight residents and injured…
August 11, 2015
Press Release
Syrian activist Mazen Darwish freed after three-year ordeal that included torture
Today’s conditional release of Mazen Darwish, a human rights activist who had been jailed on trumped-up terrorism-related charges, ends the…
August 10, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement Following Declaration of State of Emergency in St. Louis
Amnesty International USA calls on all law enforcement agencies to facilitate and not restrict the right to peaceful protest and…
August 10, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International USA Statement on Anniversary of Killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO
As the nation marks the one-year anniversary on August 9 of unarmed teenager Michael Brown’s death at the hands of…
August 7, 2015
Press Release
Savage killing of blogger in Bangladesh must not go unpunished
The Bangladeshi authorities must send a strong message that killings aimed at silencing dissenting voices are despicable and will not…
August 7, 2015
Press Release
Iran: Juvenile offender due to be executed within days must be granted judicial review
The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the implementation of a death sentence for juvenile offender Salar Shadizadi, and ensure that…
August 7, 2015
Press Release
4,000 women and girls abandoned by the Irish State every year
Today in Dublin, Amnesty International activists from around the world staged a protest against Ireland’s restrictive abortion laws outside the…
August 6, 2015
Report
Don’t We Matter? Four Years of Unrelenting Attacks Against Civilians of Sudan’s South Kordofan State
Government forces in Sudan have committed war crimes against the civilian population of South Kordofan, Amnesty International has definitively confirmed…
August 4, 2015
Press Release
Malaysia: End ‘far-reaching’ crackdown in wake of corruption scandal
The gathering pace of the Malaysian authorities’ far-reaching crackdown on human rights defenders, the media and opposition politicians in the…
August 4, 2015
Report
You Killed My Son: Killings by Military Police in Rio de Janeiro
Military police in Rio de Janeiro who seem to follow a “shoot first, ask questions later” strategy are contributing to…
July 31, 2015
Press Release
2022 Olympics in China a Test for Human Rights
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should ensure that the 2022 Winter Olympics do not cause or exacerbate human rights abuses…
July 31, 2015
Press Release
Amnesty International Holds Ceremony on Ellis Island Honoring John Lennon and Thanking Yoko Ono
Today, a tapestry in honor of John Lennon was unveiled in the presence of Yoko Ono and Amnesty International Secretary…
July 29, 2015